Every May, millions of horseshoe crabs lay their eggs along the Delaware Bay and tiny birds arrive mid-migration to eat them. Now this natural wonder is threatened by climate change and Big Pharma. Can science save this symbiotic spectacle?
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A primordial sea animal that lives on the tidal mudflats of the East Coast and serves as a linchpin for the production of vital medicines stands to benefit from new protective standards.